‘Future-proof your data! Preparing your research data for sharing and preservation’ Webinar (May 2025)

Session description: 

Research data are precious and should be archived for the long-term to ensure that results can be verified, and data can be re-used in the future.  This webinar looks at good practice for preparing data for deposit in a research data repository or archive. 

Session objectives:  

• Understand why digital preservation is important  
• Know how to appraise and select research data for preservation  
• Identify good file formats for preservation  
• Learn how to select an appropriate licence for your dataset 
• Learn why metadata is an essential part of the archiving process 

Target audience:  

Postgraduate Research Students, Research Staff and Research Support Staff. 

Session leads:  

This session will be led by Maxine Borton and Isabel Chadwick 

RDF category:  

C2 Research Management, D2 Communication and dissemination 

Registration:  

If you wish to attend, please register and you will be sent a calendar invitation. The session will be recorded, so if you cannot attend but would like to receive a link to the session recording, please register as normal and write in the registration page comments that you won’t be attending the live event.